Pet Waste Collector

ABSTRACT

A waste collector includes a bag body and a waste collecting apparatus. The bag body, which is made of flexible material, has a top opening and a waste collecting cavity. The waste collecting apparatus includes two elongated scraper arms spacedly affixed at the bag body to partition the bag body into a first bag portion and a second bag portion. When the bag body is reversibly flipped inside out from the top opening to form a temporary waste cavity within the first bag portion of the bag body, the scraper arms are moved toward each other for enclosing the temporary waste cavity within the first bag portion of the bag body and for scraping a waste within the temporary waste cavity. Therefore, the bag body is flipped back for automatically retaining the waste in the waste collecting cavity from the temporary waste cavity.

CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION

This is a Continuation-In-Part application that claims the benefit ofpriority under 35 U.S.C.§120 to a non-provisional application,application Ser. No. 15/259,016, filed Sep. 7,2016. The afore-mentionedpatent application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT

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BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a waste bag such as pet waste bag, andmore particular to a waste collector, which provides two scraper arms atthe bag body for scraping pet wastes into the bag body.

Description of Related Arts

Dogs tend to excrete while they are walked. It is the duty of the dog'sowner to clean up the dog's fecal waste in private or public areas. Oneof the most important responsibilities is to pick up the fecal wastewhen they are walking their pets in a public place. In addition, manycountries have laws and regulations that require pet's owners to pick uptheir pet's fecal waste. Otherwise, the pet's owners may receivecitations. However once the fecal waste fall on the ground or grass, itis difficult to collect them completely.

Most pet's owners carry a pet waste bag in order to pick up and collectthe waste. There are many different bag dispensers in the market for thepet's owner to carry the pet waste bags during walking the pet. However,the pet waste bag has several drawbacks. In order to pick up the wasteon the ground or grass, the pet's owner will usually insert one handinto the pet waste bag and scoop the waste by the hand into the petwaste bag. It is a chore for the pet's owner to pick up the waste byhand even though the hand is covered by the pet waste bag. Most of thepet's owners feel totally disgusting when gripping or touch the waste byhand. Furthermore, the size of the pet waste bag is usually way largerthan the hand size of the pet's owner. It is a waste to collect smallamount of waste in a big bag. If the size of the pet waste bag isreduced, the hand of the pet's owner is hard to insert into the petwaste bag. Even though the hand of the pet's owner fits into the petwaste bag, the pet waste bag is difficult to flip inside out with thehand therein after picking up the waste. In addition, the pet waste bagis easily dirty when picking up the waste. As a result, the hand of thepet's owner will eventually get dirty when tying up the pet waste bag.

A picking tool is provided in the market to pick up the waste from theground into the pet waste bag, such that the pet's owner does not haveto scoop the waste by his or her own hand. The picking tool generallycomprises a handle and a scooping head such that the pet's owner cangrip the pet waste bag by one hand and hold the handle by another handto scoop the waste by the scooping head into the pet waste bag. In otherwords, the pet's owner requires both hands to complete the wastecollecting process. It is inconvenient for the pet's owner since thepet's owner must grip the pet leash by one hand. Thus, the pet's ownermust carry the dirty picking tool after the use thereof.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The invention is advantageous in that it provides a waste collector suchas a pet waste collector, which provides two scraper arms at the bagbody for scraping wastes such as pet wastes into the bag body.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein two scraper arms are symmetrically arranged on to opposed sidesof the bag body respectively to scrap the waste into the bag body.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein each of the scraper arms has serrated edge for enhancing thescraping operation of the waste.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the top opening of the bag body is always kept clean during thecollecting process.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the scraper arms can be operated via a scraping actuator whichis detachably coupled with the scraper arms, such that the user is ableto re-use the scraping actuator to other bag body with the built-inscraper arms.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the size of the bag body can be minimized to collect the waste,so as to minimize the material waste of the bag body.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein manufacturing process of the pet waste collector is simple andeasy by affixing the scraper arms at the surface of any waste bag. Inother words, the scraper arms can be incorporated with any existingwaste bag without altering the original structure thereof.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the user is able to easily complete the waste collecting processby one hand.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein no expansive and complicated structure is required to beemployed in the present invention in order to achieve the abovementioned objects. Therefore, the present invention successfullyprovides an economic and efficient solution that allows the user easilypick up and collect the waste without touching the waste by the userhand.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the waste collector is able to save the cost of collecting thewaste each time.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector suchas pet waste collector, wherein the bag body for collecting the wastesuch as pet waste is able to be used any type of collector, there is norequirement of the size, material or structure of the bag body.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the bag body is able to be opened through the waste collectingapparatus to collect the waste.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the handle of the waste collecting apparatus is easy to becarried to avoid the waste collecting apparatus is fall off duringcollecting the waste.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the scraper arms of the waste collector is able to be used forcollecting the waster easily.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the each of the scraper arm further comprises a series ofscraping teeth and at least a blade for scraping the waste clean.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the waste collecting apparatus of the pet waste collectorfurther comprises two actuator arms to drive the scraper arms tocollecting the waste easily.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the scraper arms is able to be detached from the actuator armsof the waste collecting apparatus to replace the scraper arms if thescraper arms is broken.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the scraper arms is able to be detached from the actuator armsof the waste collecting apparatus to clean the scarped arms if thescraper arms is dirty.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the pet waste collector will not be touched the ground duringcollecting the pet waste.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a waste collector,wherein the handle is made of nonslip materials such that the wastecollector will not be fall off from the hand of the user easily.

Additional advantages and features of the invention will become apparentfrom the description which follows, and may be realized by means of theinstrumentalities and combinations particular point out in the appendedclaims.

According to the present invention, the foregoing and other objects andadvantages are attained by a waste collector, comprising a bag body anda waste collecting apparatus. In one embodiment, the waste collector isembodied as a pet waste collector.

The bag body, which is made of flexible material, has a top opening anda waste collecting cavity.

The waste collecting apparatus comprises two elongated scraper armsspacedly affixed at the bag body to partition the bag body into a firstbag portion between the scraper arms and a second bag portion as therest portion of the bag body. When the bag body is reversibly flippedinside out from the top opening, the scraper arms are moved toward eachother to form a temporary waste cavity within the first bag portion ofthe bag body for scraping a waste such as pet waste within the temporarywaste cavity. Therefore, the bag body is flipped back for automaticallyretaining the waste in the waste collecting cavity from the temporarywaste cavity.

As a transformation of the above waste collecting apparatus, the wastecollecting apparatus comprises two elongated scraper arms for collectingthe waste into said waste collecting cavity through said top opening ofsaid bag body and a scraping actuator for driving said scraper arms tocollect the waste, wherein said two scraper arms are detachably fixed onsaid scraping actuator of said waste collecting apparatus.

In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the presentinvention comprises a method for collecting waste such as pet waste by awaste collector, comprising the following steps.

(1) Provide a bag body with two elongated scraper arms which arespacedly affixed at the bag body and located away from the top openingto partition the bag body into a first bag portion between the scraperarms and a second bag portion as the rest portion of the bag body.

(2) Reversibly flip the bag body inside out from the top opening to forma temporary waste cavity within the first bag portion of the bag body.

(3) Scrape the pet waste by moving the scraper arms toward each other soas to collect the waste within the temporary waste cavity.

(4) Flip the bag body back for automatically retaining the waste in thewaste collecting cavity from the temporary waste cavity.

As a choice, the present invention comprises a method for collectingwaste such as pet waste by a waste collector, comprising the followingsteps.

(1) provide a bag body with a waste collecting cavity formed between twobag sheets and a top opening for collecting the waste;

(2) flip said bag body inside out from said top opening other to from atemporary waste cavity within said waste collecting cavity thereof;

(3) scrape the pet waste by moving two scraper arms which are acted onsaid two bag sheets respectively toward each other; and

(4) flip said bag body back for the waste in said waste collectingcavity from said temporary waste cavity.

Still further objects and advantages will become apparent from aconsideration of the ensuing description and drawings.

These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the presentinvention will become apparent from the following detailed description,the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a waste collector according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the waste collector according to the abovepreferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating the bag bodyreversibly flipped inside out from the top opening to form the temporarywaste cavity.

FIGS. 3A to 3F illustrate a method for picking up and collecting thewaste by the waste collector according to the above preferred embodimentof the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a waste collector according to a secondpreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A to 5D illustrate the structure of the waste collecting apparatusaccording to the above second preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 6A to 6B illustrate the section view of the waste collectoraccording to the above second preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, illustrating the bag body reversibly flipped inside out fromthe top opening to form the temporary waste cavity.

FIG. 7A to 7B illustrate a structure of an alternative of the wastecollecting apparatus according to the above second preferred embodimentof the present invention.

FIGS. 8A to 8I illustrate a method for picking up and collecting thewaste by the waste collector according to the above second preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 9A to 9B illustrate a perspective view of the first alternative ofthe bag body according to the above second preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIGS. 10A to 10I illustrate a method for picking up and collecting thewaste by the waste collector according to the first alternative of thebag body of the above second preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIGS. 11A to 11B illustrate a perspective view of the second alternativeof the bag body according to the above second preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIGS. 12A to 12I illustrate a method for picking up and collecting thewaste by the waste collector according to the second alternative of thebag body of the above second preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The following description is disclosed to enable any person skilled inthe art to make and use the present invention. Preferred embodiments areprovided in the following description only as examples and modificationswill be apparent to those skilled in the art. The general principlesdefined in the following description would be applied to otherembodiments, alternatives, modifications, equivalents, and applicationswithout departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings, a waste collector which isembodied as a waste collector according to a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention is illustrated, wherein the waste collector comprisesa bag body 10 for collecting a waste and a waste collecting apparatus 20for picking the waste into the bag body 10.

The bag body 10, which is made of flexible material, has a top opening11 and a waste collecting cavity 12. Preferably, the bag body 10 is madeof biodegradable plastic adapted to be decomposed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bag body 10 comprises two bag sheets 101overlappedly with each other to form the waste collecting cavity 12between the bag sheets 101. The bag sheets 101 can be formed by twoindividual sheets affixed with each other edge-to-edge, or can be formedby one single sheet overlappedly folded in half. For example, each ofthe bag sheets 101 has a rectangular shape, wherein three edges of thebag sheets 101 are sealed correspondingly while one of the edges of eachbag sheet 101 is remained unsealed to form the top opening 11 of the bagbody 10. It is appreciated that the bag body 10 can be configured tohave different sizes and different shapes as long as the bag body 10 islarge enough to collect the waste, i.e. the pet waste. Preferably, thewidth of the bag body 10 is not larger than an opening size of the topopening 11 thereof. In other words, the opening size of the top opening11 of the bag body 10 should equal to or larger than the width of thewaste collecting cavity 12 of the bag body 10.

The waste collecting apparatus 20 comprises two elongated scraper arms21 spacedly affixed at the bag body 10 to partition the bag body 10 intoa first bag portion 13 and a second bag portion 14. The first bagportion 13 of the bag body 10 is a portion defined between the scraperarms 21. The second bag portion 14 of the bag body 10 is defined at therest portion thereof.

As shown in FIG. 1, the scraper arms 21 are affixed at the bag sheets101 respectively. In particular, the scraper arms 21 are symmetricallyaffixed at inner sides of the bag sheets 101 respectively. Preferably,the scraper arms 21 can be affixed on the inner sides of the bag sheets101 respectively by ultrasonic connection or adhesive. The scraper arms21 are made of rigid material stiffer than the bag body 10. For example,the scraper arms 21 can be made of plastic, preferably biodegradableplastic.

In addition, the scraper arms 21 are identical and parallel with eachother. More importantly, the scraper arms 21 are affixed to the bag body10 with a distance away from the top opening 11 thereof. Preferably, thescraper arms 21 are affixed to the one-third of the bag body 10 from thetop opening 11 thereof. The scraper arms 21 are also parallel to the topopening 11 of the bag body 10.

Accordingly, each of the scraper arms 21 is configured to form a strip,wherein a longitudinal length of each of the scraper arms 21 is smallerthan the width of the bag body 10. It is worth mentioning that thelongitudinal length of each of the scraper arms 21 can be maximized viathe width of the bag body 10 to enhance the scraping operation of thescraper arms 21.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of the scraper arms 21 has a serratedshape, wherein each of the scraper arms 21 has a plurality of scrapingteeth 211 formed along a longitudinal edge thereof for further enhancingthe scraping operation when the scraper arms 21 are moved toward eachother. Accordingly, the scraping teeth 21 of each of the scraper arms 21are pointing toward a bottom of the bag body 10, i.e. away from the topopening 11 thereof. Preferably, each of the scraping teeth 21 has acurved shape, as shown in FIG. 2, to serve as a clawing tooth to scrapethe waste when the scraper arms 21 are moved toward each other. Inparticular, the scraping teeth 21 at one scraper arm 21 are misalignedwith the scraping teeth 21 at another scraper arm 21, such that when thescraper arms 21 are moved toward each other, the scraping teeth 21 atone scraper arm 21 are alternating with the scraping teeth 21 at anotherscraper arm 21. In other words, the scraping teeth 21 at one scraper arm21 are engaged with the gaps between the scraping teeth 21 at anotherscraper arm 21.

As the bag body 10 is partitioned by the scraper arms 21, the first bagportion 13 of the bag body 10 is formed at the bottom portion thereofbetween the scraper arms 21 and the bottom side of the bag body 10 asshown in FIG. 1. The second bag portion 14 of the bag body 10 is formedat the upper portion thereof between the scraper arms 21 and the topopening 11 of the bag body 10 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

According to the preferred embodiment, when the bag body 10 isreversibly flipped inside out from the top opening 11 to the scraperarms 21, the second bag portion 14 of the bag body 10 is overlapped withand covered by the first bag portion 13, as shown in FIG. 2, to form atemporary waste cavity 201 within the first bag portion 13 of the bagbody 10. In other words, the temporary waste cavity 201 is formed at aportion of the waste collecting cavity 12. It is worth mentioning thatthe scraper arms 21 are flipped upside-down that the scraping teeth 21of each of the scraper arms 21 are pointing downward at the opening ofthe temporary waste cavity 201, as shown in FIG. 2.

In particular, the temporary waste cavity 201 is formed at the bottomportion of the waste collecting cavity 12. Preferably, the second bagportion 14 of the bag body 10 is formed at the upper portion thereofbetween the scraper arms 21 and the top opening 11 of the bag body 10 asshown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Therefore, the volume of the temporary wastecavity 201 is about two-third of the waste collecting cavity 12. It isappreciated that when the scraper arms 21 are located between the topopening 11 and the bottom of the bag body 10, the volume of thetemporary waste cavity 201 is about two-third of the waste collectingcavity 12. Preferably, the volume of the temporary waste cavity 201 isat least half of the waste collecting cavity 12.

The scraper arms 21 are moved toward each other to enclose the temporarywaste cavity 201 within the first bag portion 13 of the bag body 10.When moving the scraper arms 21 toward each other, i.e. the scraper arms21 are moved alongside with each other, the scraper arms 21 are alsoarranged for scraping the waste within the temporary waste cavity 201,as shown in FIGS. 3B and 3C. In other words, when the bag body 10 isreversibly flipped inside out from the top opening 11, the scraper arms21 are formed along an opening of the temporary waste cavity 201.Therefore, when the scraper arms 21 are moved toward each other toenclose the temporary waste cavity 201. Through the scraping teeth 211at each of the scraper arms 21, the scraper arms 21 can easily scrapethe waste into the temporary waste cavity 201 and to close the temporarywaste cavity 201 at the same time. It is worth mentioning that thescraping teeth 211 of the scraper arms 21 are formed along the openingof the temporary waste cavity 201. Therefore, the bag body 10 is thenflipped back for automatically retaining the waste in the wastecollecting cavity 12 from the temporary waste cavity 201, as shown inFIG. 3E.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bag body 10 further comprises adrawstring 15 extended around the top opening 11 for tie-closing thewaste collecting cavity 12 after the waste is collected therein.

In order to move the scraper arms 21, the waste collecting apparatus 20further comprises a scraping actuator 22 detachably coupled with thescraper arms 21 to drive the scraper arms 21 for picking up the wasteinto the temporary waste cavity 201. As shown in FIG. 1, the scrapingactuator 22 comprises two actuator arms 221 pivotally coupled with eachother, wherein each of the actuator arms 221 has a detachable enddetachably coupled with a free end portion 210 of the scraper arm 21,such that when the actuator arms 221 are pivotally moved, the scraperarms 21 are driven to move toward each other and away from each other.It is worth mentioning that the scraper arms 21 are affixed to the bagbody 10 except the free end portions 210 of the scraper arms 21.Therefore, the detachable ends of the actuator arms 221 can bedetachably coupled at the free end portions 210 of the scraper arms 21respectively. In addition, the free end portion 210 of each of thescraper arms 21 is an angled end portion, wherein an angle between anelongated body of the scraper arm 21 and the free end portion 210 is anobtuse angle. Preferably, each of the actuator arms 221 also has anangled end to detachably couple at the free end portion 210 of thescraper arm 21, as shown in FIG. 1. Alternatively, each of the actuatorarms 221 can be an elongated straight arm to detachably couple at thefree end portion 210 of the scraper arm 21, as shown in FIG. 2.Therefore, the actuator arms 221 are upwardly and inclinedly extendedfrom the opening of the temporary waste cavity 201 when the scrapingactuator 22 detachably coupled with the scraper arms 21. In other words,the user is able to easily actuate the scraping actuator 22 to drive thescraper arms 21 for picking up the waste on the ground without touchingthe ground.

Preferably, the two actuator arms 221 are pivotally coupled with eachother end-to-end via a spring-loaded pivot joint 222 to form thescraping actuator 22 with a V-shaped configuration. In other words, eachof the actuator arms 221 further has an opposed pivot end, wherein thepivot ends of the actuator arms 221 are pivotally coupled by thespring-loaded pivot joint 222 and the detachable ends of the actuatorarms 221 are detachably coupled with the free ends of the scraper arms21 respectively. Therefore, when the user holds the actuator arms 221and applies a compression force thereto, the scraper arms 21 are drivento move toward each other. Once the compression force is released, thespring-loaded pivot joint 222 will push the actuator arms 221 pivotallymoved away from each other so as to move the scraper arms 21 away fromeach other.

Likewise, the two actuator arms 221′ are pivotally coupled with eachother via a pivot joint 222′ to form the scraping actuator 22′ with ascissor-like configuration, such that the user is able to operate theactuator arms 221′ to move the scraper arms 21 toward each other andaway from each other. Preferably, each of the actuator arms 221′ alsohas an angled end to detachably couple at the free end portion 210 ofthe scraper arm 21, as shown in FIG. 1. It is worth mentioning thatafter collecting the waste in the bag body 10, the scraping actuator 22,22′ can be detached from the scraper arms 21, such that the scrapingactuator 22 is reusable to couple with another set of scraper arms 21 atthe bag body 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3A to 3F, a method for collecting the waste such aswaste by the waste collector is illustrated, where the method comprisesthe following steps.

(1) Provide the bag body 10 with two elongated scraper arms 21 spacedlybuilt-in with the bag body 10 to partition the bag body 10 into thefirst bag portion 13 and the second bag portion 14, as shown in FIG. 3A.Accordingly, the temporary waste cavity 201 is formed at the first bagportion 13 of the bag body 10 within the waste collecting cavity 12thereof.

(2) Reversibly flip the bag body 10 inside out from the top opening 11.Accordingly, the second bag portion 14 of the bag body 10 is overlappedwith and covered by the first bag portion 13, as shown in FIG. 3A, toform the temporary waste cavity 201 within the first bag portion 13 ofthe bag body 10. In other words, the temporary waste cavity 201 will beexposed when the bag body 10 is flipped. Thus, the scraper arms 21 areformed along an opening of the temporary waste cavity 201. Preferably,the scraping actuator 22 is detachably coupled to the scraper arms 21before the bag body 10 is flipped to expose the temporary waste cavity201.

It is worth mentioning that the bag body 10 can be a folded in a compactsize. In particular, the bag body 10 can be formed with its originalshape as shown in FIG. 3A, such that the user is able to reversibly flipthe bag body 10 before it is used. Likewise, the bag body 10 can bepre-folded with the flipped shape as shown in FIG. 3A, such that theuser is able to use the flipped bag body 10 right a way.

(3) Scrape the waste by moving the scraper arms 21 toward each other tocollect the waste within the temporary waste cavity 201, as shown inFIG. 3C. Accordingly, the bag body 10 is placed upside-down at aposition that the opening of the temporary waste cavity 201 is facingdownwardly toward the waste. When the scraper arms 21 are moved towardeach other, the temporary waste cavity 201 is closed by the scraper arms21. The scraping teeth 21 of the scraper arms 21 will help to scrape thewaste from the ground into the temporary waste cavity 201. It is worthmentioning that the user is able to actuate the scraping actuator 22 tomove the scraper arms 21 toward each other, as shown in FIG. 3B.

(4) Flip the bag body 10 back for automatically retaining the waste inthe waste collecting cavity 12 from the temporary waste cavity 201, asshown in FIGS. 3D and 3E. Once the temporary waste cavity 201 is closedby the scraper arms 21 to store the waste in the temporary wastes cavity210, the user is able to place the bag body 10 at a position that theopening of the temporary waste cavity 201 is facing upward, such thatthe waste will be dropped at the bottom of the bag body 10. Then, theuser is able to flip the bag body 10 back to its original condition byunfolding the second bag portion 14 of the bag body 10 from the firstbag portion 13, as shown in FIGS. 3D and 3E. Then the waste will becollected in the waste collecting cavity 12. It is worth mentioning thatwhen flipping the bag body 10, the user is able to hold the scrapingactuator 22 to carry the bag body 10 and to maintain the temporarywastes cavity 210 in a closed condition at the same time. Therefore, theclosed temporary wastes cavity 210 will reduce the smell of the waste toescape therefrom and will keep the second bag portion 14 of the bag body10 clean.

(5) Tie-close the waste collecting cavity 12 by the drawstring 15extended around the top opening 11 after the waste is collected in thewaste collecting cavity 12, as shown in FIG. 3F. It is worth mentioningthat the user is able to hold the scraping actuator 22 to carry the bagbody 10 and to pull the drawstring 15 for closing the waste collectingcavity 12 at the same time. Therefore, the hand of the user will nottouch any portion of the bag body except the drawstring 15. Once thewaste collecting cavity 12 is closed by the drawstring 15, the scrapingactuator 22 can be detached from the scraper arms 21. Since the scrapingactuator 22 will not touch the waste during the scraping operation, theuser can keep the scraping actuator 22 clean.

It is worth mentioning that the scraper arms 21 can be optionallyremoved from the bag body 10 after the waste collecting process iscompleted. The user is able to simply detach the scraper arms 21 fromthe bag body 10 or to keep the scraper arms 21 at the bag body 10.

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 6B, a waste collector embodied as a pet wastecollector according to a second preferred embodiment of the presentinvention is illustrated, wherein the waste collector comprises a bagbody 10 for collecting a waste and a waste collecting apparatus 20 forpicking the waste into the bag body 10.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bag body 10″ comprises two bag sheets 101″ whichare used to form a waste collecting cavity 12″ for collecting the waste.The bag body 10′ further has a top opening 11″ which is located on thetop of the bag body 10″. Through the top opening 11″ into the wastecollecting cavity 12″ for collecting the pet's waste.

The bag body 10″ is made of flexible material for folding to match upthe waste collecting apparatus 20″ to collect the waste. Preferably, thebag body 10″ is made of biodegradable plastic adapted to be decomposedto avoid the environment is polluted by the bag body 10″.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bag body 10″ further comprises two bag sheets101″ overlappedly with each other, and the waste collecting cavity 12″is formed between the bag sheets 101″. The bag sheets 101″ can be formedby two individual sheets which are affixed with each other edge-to-edge,or can be formed by one single sheet overlappedly folded in half. Forexample, each of the bag sheets 101″ has a rectangular shape, whereinthree edges of the bag sheets 101″ are sealed corresponding while one ofthe edges of each bag sheet 101″ is remained unsealed to for the topopening 11″ of the bag body 10″. It is appreciated that the bag body 10″can be configured to have different sizes and different shapes as longas the bag body 10′ is large enough to collect the waste, such as thewaste.

Preferably, the width of the top of the bag body 10″ is no less than thewidth of other part of the bag body 10″ which is under the top of thebag body 10″. In other words, the width of the top opening 11″ is equalto or large than the width of other part of the bag body 10″ to ensurethe top opening 11″ is folded on other part easily.

The waste collecting apparatus 20″ comprises two elongated scraper arms21″ to collect the waste and the scraper arms 21″ are made of rigidmaterial stiffer than the bag body 10″. For example, the scraper arms21″ can be made of plastic, preferably biodegradable plastic.

Accordingly, each of the scraper arms 21″ is configured to form a strip,wherein a longitudinal length of each of the scraper arms 21″ is equalto or larger than the width of the bag body 10″. It is worth to mentionthat the longitudinal length of each of the scraper arms 21″ can bemaximized via the width of the bag body 10″ to enhance the scrapingoperation of the scraper arms 21″.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5C to 5D, each of the scraper arms 21″ has aserrated shape, wherein each of the scraper arms 21″ has a plurality ofscraping teeth 211″ which are formed along a longitudinal edge thereoffor further enhancing the scraping operation when the scraper arms 21″are moved toward each other. Accordingly, the scraping teeth 211″ ofeach of the scraper arms 21″ are pointing toward to the earth when it isused to scrape the waste.

Preferably, each of the scraping teeth 211″ has a curved shape, as shownin FIG. 5D, to serve as a clawing tooth to scrape the waste when thescraper arms 21″ are moved toward each other. In particular, thescraping teeth 211″ at one scraper arm 21″ are misaligned with thescraping teeth 211″ at the other scraper arm 21″, such that when thescraper arms 21″ are moved toward each other, the scraping teeth 211″ atone scraper arm 21″ are alternating with the scraping teeth 211″ at theother scraper arm 21″. In other words, the scraping teeth 21″ at onescraper arm 21″ are engaged with the gaps between the scraping teeth 21″at the other scraper arm 21″.

Furthermore, each of the scraper arms 21″ further comprises a blade 212″fixed on the reverse side of the scraping teeth 211″, wherein the sideof the blade 212″ is under the peak of the scraping teeth 211″ of thescraper arms 21″. In other words, the side of the blade 212″ is parallelwith the peak of the scraping teeth 211″ of the scraper arms 21″.Therefore, the blade 212″ is able to enhance the scraping operation whenthe scraper arms 21″ are moved toward each other preferably, because theblade 212″ is able to scrape the waste which is omitted through theinterval of the scraping teeth 211″ when it is moved toward each otherwith the actuator arms 221″ of the scraping actuator 22″.

It is worth to mention that each of the scraping teeth 211″ of thescraper arms 21″ is curved toward each other, so the scraper arms 21″has a holding power when the two scraper arms 21″ are moved toward toeach other to hold the waste. In other words, when the scraper arms 21″of the waste collecting apparatus 20″ are moved toward each other, it isnot only has a scrape power to scrape the waste but also has a holdingpower to holding the waste in the waste collecting cavity 12″ of the bagbody 10″. In addition to the above, if the ground or the grass is notflat, the scarper arms 21″ is also able to be used for scraping thewaste.

According to the second preferred embodiment, when the bag body 10″ isreversibly flipped inside out from the top opening 11″, the upper of thebag body 10″ drove by the top opening 11″ will overlapped and coveredsectional the other part of the bag body 10″ to form a temporary wastecavity 120″ within the waste collecting cavity 12″ of the bag body 10″.In other words, the temporary waste cavity 120″ is formed at a portionof the waste collecting cavity 12″. In particular, the temporary wastecavity 120″ is formed at the bottom portion of the waste collectingcavity. Preferably, the folding place of the bag body 10″ is located atthe upper portion thereof for providing the temporary waste cavity 120″to collect the waste, in the meanwhile, the distance between the topopening 11″ and the folding place should ensure that the temporary wastecavity 120″ of the bag body 10 drove by the scraper arms 21″ is large tocollect the waste. In other words, the waste and the scraper arms 21″ isable to open the temporary waste cavity 120″ too big to collect thewaste.

The scraper arms 21″ are moved toward each other to enclose thetemporary waste cavity 120″ within the bag body 10″. When moving thescraper arms 21″ toward each other, such as the scraper arms 21″ aremoved alongside with each other, the scraper arms 21″ are also arrangedfor scraping the waste within the temporary waste cavity 120″. In otherwords, when the bag body 10″ is reversibly flipped inside out from thetop opening 11″, the scraper arms 21″ are formed along an opening of thetemporary waste cavity 120″. Therefore, when the scraper arms 21″ aremoved toward each other to enclose the temporary waste cavity 120″.Through the scraping teeth 211″ at the scraper arms 21″, the scraper caneasily scrape the waste into the temporary waste cavity 120″ and toclose the temporary waste cavity 120″ at the same time. Therefore, thebag baby 10″ is flipped back for automatically retaining the waste inthe waste collecting cavity 12″ from the temporary waste cavity 120″.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6A to 6B, the bag body 10″ further comprises ajoint part 100″ for remaining the waste collecting cavity 12″ in aclosed position. The joint part 100″ of the second preferred embodimentis a drawstring 15″ extended around the top opening for tie-closing thewaste collecting cavity 12″ after the waste is collected therein.

In order to move the scraper arms 21″, the waste collecting apparatus20″ further comprises a scraping actuator 22″ detachably coupled withthe scraper arms 21″ to drive the scraper arms 21″ for picking up thewaste into the temporary waste cavity 120″. As shown in FIG. 5A to 5B,the scraping actuator 22″ comprises two actuator arms 221″ pivotallycoupled with each other, wherein each of the actuator arms 221″ has ahole 2210″, each of the holes 2210″ is formed at a detachable end of theactuator arms 221″ respectively. Each of the scraper arms 211″ isconnected to a corresponding actuator arm 221″ through take a free endportion 210″ of the scraper arms 21″ into the corresponding holes 2210″respectively, such that when the actuator arms 221″ are pivotally moved,the scraper arms 21″ are driven to move toward each other or away fromeach other. It is worth to mention that the scraper arms 21″ aredetachably connected to the actuator arms 221″ of the scraping actuator22″ such that if the scraper arms 21″ are polluted by the waste whilecollecting the waste, the scraper arms 21″ is able to be detached toclean or discard from the actuator arms 221″ of the scraping actuator22″.

Preferably, the two actuator arms 221″ are pivotally coupled with eachother end-to-end through a spring-loaded pivot joint 222″ to form thescraping actuator 22″ with a V-shaped configuration. In other words,each of the actuator arms 221″ further has an opposed pivot end, whereinthe pivot ends of the actuator arms 221″ are pivotally coupled by thespring-loaded pivot joint 222″ and the detachable ends of the actuatorarms 221″ are detachably coupled with the free ends portion 210″ of thescraper arms 21″ through the hole 2210″ respectively. Therefore, whenthe user hold the actuator arms 221″ and applies a compression forcethereto, the scraper arms 21″ are driven to move away from each other soas to move the scraper arms 21″ away from each other. Once thecompression force is released, the spring-loaded pivot joint 222″ willpush the actuator arms 221″ pivotally moved toward each other so as tomove the scraper arms 21″ toward each other.

It is worth to mention that each of the free end 210″ of the scraperarms 21″ further has an angle for coupling with the actuator arm 221″ ofthe scraping actuator 22″, that is, each of the free end portion 210″ ofthe scraper arms 21″ is angled relative to the scraper arm 21″ and thebody of the waste collecting apparatus 20″ is above the extended line ofthe scraper arms 21″ when the scraper arms 21″ are scraped the waste onthe ground by the user. In other words, when the user collect the wastethrough the scraper arms 21″ of the waste collecting apparatus 20″, thescraper arms 21″ will be scraped on the ground, and the scrapingactuator 22″ will not be touched the ground because of the angle of thefree end portion 210″ so that the scraping actuator 22″ will not bedirty during collecting the waste. The two scraper arms 21″ are coupledwith the two actuator arms 221″ of the scraping actuator 22″ throughtaking the free end portions 210″ into the hole 2210″ of the actuatorarms 221″ respectively.

Furthermore, the waste collecting apparatus 20″ further comprises twohandles 223″ used for operating the actuator arms 221″ of the scrapingactuator 22″ through the spring-loaded pivot joint 222″ to drive thescraper arms 21″ toward each other or away from each other to collectthe waste, wherein each of the handles 223″ is extended from the pivotends of the actuator arms 221″ respectively for the user to carry. It isworth to mention that after collecting the waste in the bag body 10″,the scraper arms 21″ of the waste collecting apparatus 20″ can bedetached from the actuator arms 221″ of the scraping actuator 22″, suchthat the scraping actuator 22″ is reusable to couple with another set ofscraper arms 21″, such as the scraper arms 21″ is discarded and so on.In addition, the scraper arms 21″ is easy to be handled after it isdetached from the actuator arms 221″ of the scraping actuator 22″, suchas clean and so on.

It is worth to mention that the outside surface of the handles 223″ ismade of non-slip materials for avoiding the waste collecting apparatus20″ is falling off from the user during collecting the waste, such asrubber or silica gel and so on.

Likewise, as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7B , the two actuator arms 221′″ arepivotally coupled with each other via a pivot joint 222′″ to form thescraping actuator 22′″ with a scissor-like configuration, such that theuser is able to operate the actuator arms 221′″ to move the scraper arms21′″ toward each other and away from each other. Preferably, each of theactuator arms 221′″ also has an angled end to detachably couple at thefree end portion 210′″ of the scraper arm 21′″, as shown in FIG. 4. Itis worth mentioning that after collecting the waste in the bag body 10″,the scraping actuator 22″, 22″ can be detached from the scraper arms21″, such that the scraping actuator 22″ is reusable to couple withanother set of scraper arms 21″ at the bag body 10″.

As shown in FIGS. 8A to 81, a method for collecting the waste by thewaste collector is illustrated, where the method comprises the followingsteps.

(1) Flip inside out the bag body 10″ from the top opening 11″ to formthe temporary waste cavity 120″ within the waste collecting cavity 12″thereof. In other words, the temporary waste cavity 120″ will be exposedwhen the bag body 10″ is flipped. Preferably, the scraping actuator 22″is detachably coupled to the scraper arms 21″ before the bag body 10″ isflipped to expose the temporary waste cavity 120″ and the scraper arms21″, and the two scraper arms 21″ are located on the out surface of thetwo bag sheets 101″ of the bag body 10″ respectively.

(2) Move the scraper arms 21″ away from each other through apply acompression force to drive the two bag sheets 101″ away from each otherto open the temporary waste cavity 120″, as shown in FIG. 8D to 8E.

(3) Scrape the waste by moving the scraper arms 21″ toward each other tocollect the waste within the temporary waste cavity 120″, as shown inFIG. 8E to 8F. When the scraper arms 21″ are moved toward each other,the temporary waste cavity 120″ is closed by the scraper arms 21″. Thescraping teeth 221″ of the scraper arms 21″ will help to scrape thewaste from the ground or the grass into the temporary waste cavity 120″.It is worth to mention that the user is able to actuate the scrapingactuator 22″ to move the scraper arms 21″ toward each other.

(4) Flip the bag body 10″ back for automatically retaining the waste inthe waste collecting cavity 12″ from the temporary waste cavity 120″, asshown in FIGS. 8G to 8H. Once the temporary waste cavity 120″ is closedby the scraper arms 21″ to store the waste in the temporary waste cavity21″, the user is able to flip the bag body 10″ back to its originalcondition by unfolding the bag body 10″.

(5) Tie-close the waste collecting cavity 12″ by the drawstring 15″extended around the top opening 11″ after the waste is collected in thewaste collecting cavity 12″, as shown in FIG. 8I. It is worth to mentionthat the user is able to hold the scraping actuator 22″ to carry the bagbody 10″ and to pull the drawstring 15″ for closing the waste collectingcavity 12″ at the same time to reduce the smell of the waste to escapethe waste collecting cavity 12″ and will keep the bag body 10″ clean.Therefore, the hand of the user will not touch any portion of the bagbody except the drawstring 15″. Once the waste collecting cavity 12″ isclosed by the drawstring 15″, the scraper arms 21″ of the waste collectapparatus 20″ can be detached from the bag body 10″. Since the scraperarms 21″ of the scraping actuator 22″ of the waste collecting apparatus20″ will not touch the waste during the scraping operation, the user cankeep the scraper arms 21″ of the waste collecting apparatus 20″ clean.

It is worth to mention that the scraper arms 21″ can be optionallyremoved from the scraping actuator 22″ of the waste collecting apparatus20″ after the waste collecting process is completed. The user is able tosimply process the scraper arms 21″ from the waste collecting apparatus20″ such as clean or discard or store and so on.

A transformation of the bag body 10 of the second preferred embodiment,as shown in FIGS. 9A to 9B, the drawstring 15 is transformed as twoholders 15A. In detail, the bag body 10A has two holders 15A upwardlyextended from the top of the two bag sheets respectively, wherein eachof the holders 15A has a space 150A, the user is able to carry the bagbody 10 through the spaces 150A or fasten the bag body 10A on a fixedplace and so on. It is worth to mention that the user is able to tie topopening 11A of the bag body 10A to prevent or reduce the smell of thewaste to escape therefrom and prevent the waste fall off from the wastecollecting cavity 12A of the bag body 10A. At the same time, the hand ofthe user will not touch the waste even through the hand is covered bythe bag body 10A.

In addition, the user is easily take the bag body 10A to any placethrough the holders 15A, because the two holders 15A are extended fromthe top of the two bag sheets 101A, so the force loading from the wastein the bag body 10A is uniform. Thus, the bag body 10A is not brokenwhen it is carried by the user. In other words, the user is able to takethe bag body 10A anywhere through with the hand cross the spaces 150A ofthe holders 15A to carry the holders 15A of the bag body 10A and don'tworry the bag body 10A will be broken.

As shown in FIGS. 10A to 10I, a method for collecting the waste by thewaste collector is illustrated, where the method comprises the followingsteps.

(1) Flip inside out the bag body 10A from the top opening 11A to formthe temporary waste cavity 120A within the waste collecting cavity 12Athereof. In other words, the temporary waste cavity 120A will be exposedwhen the bag body 10A is flipped. Preferably, the scraping actuator 22Ais detachably coupled to the scraper arms 21A before the bag body 10A isflipped to expose the temporary waste cavity 120A and the scraper arms21A, and the two scraper arms 21A are located on the out surface of thetwo bag sheets 101A of the bag body 10A respectively.

(2) Move the scraper arms 21A away from each other through apply acompression force to drive the two bag sheets 101A away from each otherto open the temporary waste cavity 120A, as shown in FIGS. 10D to 10E.

(3) Scrape the waste by moving the scraper arms 21A toward each other tocollect the waste within the temporary waste cavity 120A, as shown inFIGS. 10E to 10F. When the scraper arms 21A are moved toward each other,the temporary waste cavity 120A is closed by the scraper arms 21A. Thescraping teeth 221A of the scraper arms 21A will help to scrape thewaste from the ground or the grass into the temporary waste cavity 120A.It is worth to mention that the user is able to actuate the scrapingactuator 22A to move the scraper arms 21A toward each other.

(4) Flip the bag body 10A back for automatically retaining the waste inthe waste collecting cavity 12A from the temporary waste cavity 120A.Once the temporary waste cavity 120A is closed by the scraper arms 21Ato store the waste in the temporary waste cavity 21A, the user is ableto flip the bag body 10A back to its original condition by unfolding thebag body 10A, as shown in FIGS. 10G to 10H.

(5) Tie-close the waste collecting cavity 12A by the two holders 15Aextended from the top of the two bag sheets 101A after the waste iscollected in the waste collecting cavity 12A, as shown in 10I. It isworth to mention that the user is able to hold the two holders 15Atogether to carry the bag body 10A and to maintain the waste collectingcavity 12A in a closed condition through tie the two holders 15Atogether. Therefore, the closed waste collecting cavity 12A will reducethe smell of the waste to escape therefrom and will keep the bag body10A clean. Therefore, the hand of the user will not touch any portion ofthe bag body except the holders 15A. Once the waste collecting cavity12A is closed by the holders 15A, the scraper arms 21A of the wastecollect apparatus 20A can be detached from the bag body 10A. Since thescraper arms 21A of the scraping actuator 22A of the waste collectingapparatus 20A will not touch the waste during the scraping operation,the user can keep the scraper arms 21A of the waste collecting apparatus20A clean.

Another transformation of the bag body 10B of the second preferredembodiment, as shown in FIG. 11A to 11B, the bag body 10B further has atleast one sealing slit 16B for sealing the bag body 10B. Referring toFIG. 11A, the sealing slit 16B is cut in U-shape on each of the bagsheets 101B near the top opening 11B of the bag body 10B. The upper edge161B of the sealing slit 16B can be lift up to make a through hole thetop edge of the bag sheet 101B to be pulled through. When the bag body10B need to be closed, the edge of the bag sheet 101B which is oppositeto the sealing slit 16B is pulled through the sealing slit 16B from oneside to another, then the bag sheet 101B of the bag body 10B is squeezedand sealed. The sealing slit 16B holds the edge of the bag sheet 101Bfor fastening. In this way, no other fasteners, such as rubber band,thread, or clamps are needed for sealing the bag body 10B.

As shown in FIGS. 12A to 12I, a method for collecting the waste by thewaste collector is illustrated, where the method comprises the followingsteps.

(1) Flip inside out the bag body 10B from the top opening 11B to formthe temporary waste cavity 120B within the waste collecting cavity 12Bthereof. In other words, the temporary waste cavity 120B will be exposedwhen the bag body 10B is flipped. Preferably, the scraping actuator 22Bis detachably coupled to the scraper arms 21B before the bag body 10B isflipped to expose the temporary waste cavity 120B and the scraper arms21B, and the two scraper arms 21B are located on the out surface of thetwo bag sheets 101B of the bag body 10B respectively.

(2) Move the scraper arms 21B away from each other through apply acompression force to drive the two bag sheets 101B away from each otherto open the temporary waste cavity 120B, as shown in FIGS. 12D to 8E.

(3) Scrape the waste by moving the scraper arms 21B toward each other tocollect the waste within the temporary waste cavity 120B, as shown inFIGS. 12E to 12F. When the scraper arms 21B are moved toward each other,the temporary waste cavity 120B is closed by the scraper arms 21B. Thescraping teeth 221B of the scraper arms 21B will help to scrape thewaste from the ground or the grass into the temporary waste cavity 120B.It is worth to mention that the user is able to actuate the scrapingactuator 22B to move the scraper arms 21B toward each other.

(4) Flip the bag body 10B back for automatically retaining the waste inthe waste collecting cavity 12B from the temporary waste cavity 120B, asshown in FIGS. 12G to 12H. Once the temporary waste cavity 120B isclosed by the scraper arms 21B to store the waste in the temporary wastecavity 21B, the user is able to flip the bag body 10B back to itsoriginal condition by unfolding the bag body 10B.

(5) Tie-close the waste collecting cavity 12B by pulling the bag sheet101B across the sealing slit 16B which is on the opposite bag sheet 101Bfrom one side to another after the waste is collected in the wastecollecting cavity 12B, as shown in FIG. 12I. It is worth to mention thatsealing slit 16B is able to maintain the waste collecting cavity 12B ina closed condition. Therefore, the closed waste collecting cavity 12Bwill reduce the smell of the waste to escape therefrom and will keep thebag body 10B clean. Therefore, the hand of the user will not touch anyportion of the bag body except the edge of the sheets 101B. Once thewaste collecting cavity 12B is closed by the sealing slit 16B and theedge of the bag sheet 101B of the bag body 10B, the scraper arms 21B ofthe waste collect apparatus 20B can be detached from the bag body 10B.Since the scraper arms 21B of the scraping actuator 22B of the wastecollecting apparatus 20B will not touch the waste during the scrapingoperation, the user can keep the scraper arms 21B of the wastecollecting apparatus 20B clean.

One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of thepresent invention as shown in the drawings and described above isexemplary only and not intended to be limiting.

It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have beenfully and effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown anddescribed for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structuralprinciples of the present invention and is subject to change withoutdeparture from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes allmodifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the followingclaims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A waste collector for collecting waste,comprising: a bag body, which is made of flexible material, having a topopening and a waste collecting cavity and comprising two bag sheetsoverlapped with each other to form said waste collecting cavity betweensaid bag sheets; and a scraping actuator and a waste collectingapparatus which comprises two elongated scraper arms extended from saidscraping actuator, wherein said scraper arms are operated and driven bysaid scraping actuator to separate said two bag sheets to opening saidtop opening of said bag body and collecting the waste into said wastecollecting cavity through said top opening of said bag body, and thatsaid two scraper arms are able to be operated and driven by saidscraping actuator to move toward each other for enclosing said wastecollecting cavity.
 2. The waste collector, as recited in claim 1,wherein said two scraper amrs are detachably fixed to said scrapingactutor.
 3. The waste collector, as recited in claim 1, wherein each ofsaid scraper arms comprises a plurality of scraping teeth formed along alongitudinal edge thereof for enhancing a scraping operation when saidscraper arms are moved toward each other.
 4. The waste collector, asrecited in claim 3, wherein each of said arms comprises a blade fixed onthe reverse side of said scraping teeth, wherein the side of said bladeup to the peak of said scraping teeth of said scraper arms.
 5. The wastecollector, as recited in claim 4, wherein said scraping actuator of saidwaste collecting apparatus further comprises two actuator arms pivotallycoupled with each other for driving said two scraper arms to scrape thewaste respectively, wherein each of said scraper arms is coupled withsaid actuator arm respectively.
 6. The waste collector, as recited inclaim 5, wherein each of said scraper arms has a free end portion andeach of said actuator arms has a detachable end detachably coupled withsaid free end portion of said scraper arm respectively, such that whensaid actuator arms are pivotally moved, said scraper arms are driven tomove toward each other and away from each other.
 7. The waste collector,as recited in claim 6, wherein each of said scraper arms has an opposedpivot end and said scraping actuator further comprises a spring-loadedpivot joint located at said opposed pivot end, wherein said two actuatorarms are pivotally coupled with each other end-to-end through saidspring-loaded pivot joint to form said scraping actuator with a V-shapedconfiguration.
 8. The waste collector, as recited in claim 7, whereineach of said actuator arms has a hole formed at the detachable end ofsaid actuator arms of said scraping actuator, wherein each of saidscraper arms is coupled with said actuator arms through said holerespectively.
 9. The waste collector, as recited in claim 8, whereineach of said scraper arms further comprises a bending part extended fromthe end of said scraper arm to couple with said actuator arms of saidscraping actuator, wherein each of said bending part is angled relativeto said scraper arm and the body of said waste collecting apparatus isabove the extended line of said scraper arms when said scraper arms arescraped the waste on the ground..
 10. The waste collector, as recited inclaim 9, wherein each of said actuator arms has a hole formed at thedetachable end of said actuator arms of said scraping actuator, whereineach of said bending part is coupled with said actuator arm through saidhole respectively.
 11. The waste collector, as recited in claim 10,wherein each of said scraping teeth has a curved shape and said scrapingteeth at one of said scraper arm are misaligned with said scraping teethat the other of said scraper arm, such that enhance the scrapingoperation when said scraper arms are moved toward each other.
 12. Thewaste collector, as recited in claim 11, wherein said collectingapparatus further comprises two handles extended from the pivot ends ofsaid actuator arms respectively and used for carrying.
 13. A method forcollecting waste by a waste collector, comprising the steps of : (a)providing a bag body with a waste collecting cavity formed between twobag sheets and a top opening for collecting the waste; (b) flipping saidbag body inside out from said top opening other to from a temporarywaste cavity within said waste collecting cavity thereof; (c) scrapingthe waste by moving two scraper arms which are acted on said two bagsheets respectively toward each other; and (d) flipping said bag bodyback for the waste in said waste collecting cavity from said temporarywaste cavity.
 14. The method, as recited in claim 13, further comprisings step of: (e) tie-closing said waste collecting cavity.
 15. The method,as recited in claim 14, wherein in the step (a), said bag body furthercomprises a drawstring extended around said top opening, and in the step(e), said waste collecting cavity by said drawstring closing after thewaste is collected therein.
 16. The method, as recited in claim 15,wherein in the step (a), said bag body has two holders upwardly extendedfrom the top of said two bag sheets respectively and in the step (e),the waste collecting cavity by said holders closing after the waste iscollected therein.
 17. The method, as recited in claim 16, wherein inthe step (a), wherein said bag body further has at least one sealingslit is cut in U-shape on each of said bag sheets near said top openingof said bag body and in the step (e), the waste collecting cavity bysaid sealing slit sealing after the waste is collected therein, whereinthe upper edge of said sealing slit is able to be lifted up to make athrough hole for the top edge of said bag sheet to be pulled through.18. The method, as recited in claim 14, wherein in the step (c), saidscraper arms are moved toward each other by a scraping actuator which isdetachably coupled with said scraper arms, wherein said scrapingactuator comprises two actuator arms pivotally coupled with each otherand detachably coupled with free end portions of said scraper armsrespectively, such that when said actuator arms are pivotally moved,said scraper arms are driven to move toward each other.
 19. The method,as recited in claim 17, wherein in the step (c), said scraper arms aremoved toward each other by a scraping actuator which is detachablycoupled with said scraper arms, wherein said scraping actuator comprisestwo actuator arms pivotally coupled with each other and detachablycoupled with free end portions of said scraper arms respectively, suchthat when said actuator arms are pivotally moved, said scraper arms aredriven to move toward each other.
 20. The method, as recited in claim19, wherein each of said scraper arms further comprises a bending partextended from the end of said scraper arm to couple with said actuatorarms of said scraping actuator, wherein each of said bending part isangled relative to said scraper arm and the body of said wastecollecting apparatus is above the extended line of said scraper armswhen said scraper arms are scraped the waste on the ground.